After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection SummaryJams Wst Davidson

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection Summary

"After the Fact" is a text on the various methods a historian has at his disposal to help interpret the events of the past. The authors are both historians and History professors specializing in American history, and they draw from the history of the United States to provide illustrations of the concepts they seek to describe.

The book is subtitled "The Art of Historical Detection," and each chapter is dedicated to an individual...